Cat-eLog Right Families Right Plotosidae

Artistic impression of typical member of the Plotosidae
 
Down Family Overview
Pronounced Ploe TOW Sid Ae
Family Common Name Eel Tailed Catfish
Features In most species the dorsal, caudal and anal fins are conjoined to form the 'eel-tail'. No adipose fin and four pairs of roughly equal sized barbels.
Distribution Australia & New Guinea
Common Names Eel Tailed Catfish, Marine or Coral Catfish
Size Smallest 90mm, largest 1500mm, average 452mm, most commonly 460mm. All SL.
Species There are 33 "species" in 10 genera in the database
Keepers 30 species (90%) are being kept by registered keepers
Down Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Neosilurus 10 species(32 keepers)
2.Tandanus 4 species(19 keepers)
3.Porochilus 4 species(11 keepers)
4.Plotosus 4 species(6 keepers)
5.Euristhmus 5 species(4 keepers)
Down Distribution of Plotosidae


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Down Most Kept Species
1.
Neosilurus aterNeosilurus ater
(22.08%)
2.
Tandanus tandanusTandanus tandanus
(20.78%)
3.
Porochilus rendahliPorochilus rendahli
(7.79%)
4.
Neosilurus hyrtliiNeosilurus hyrtlii
(7.79%)
5.
Porochilus obbesiPorochilus obbesi
(2.6%)
6.
Porochilus meraukensisPorochilus meraukensis
(2.6%)
7.
Plotosus papuensisPlotosus papuensis
(2.6%)
8.
Plotosus caniusPlotosus canius
(2.6%)
9.
Oloplotosus mariaeOloplotosus mariae
(2.6%)
10.
Neosilurus brevidorsalisNeosilurus brevidorsalis
(2.6%)
11.Tandanus tropicanus(1.3%)
12.Tandanus bostocki(1.3%)
13.
Tandanus bellingerensisTandanus bellingerensis
(1.3%)
14.
Porochilus argenteusPorochilus argenteus
(1.3%)
15.
Plotosus lineatusPlotosus lineatus
(1.3%)
16.
Plotosus abbreviatusPlotosus abbreviatus
(1.3%)
17.
Paraplotosus butleriParaplotosus butleri
(1.3%)
18.Paraplotosus albilabris(1.3%)
19.
Neosilurus pseudospinosusNeosilurus pseudospinosus
(1.3%)
20.Neosilurus novaeguineae(1.3%)
21.Neosilurus mollespiculum(1.3%)
22.Neosilurus idenburgi(1.3%)
23.
Neosilurus gloveriNeosilurus gloveri
(1.3%)
24.Neosilurus equinus(1.3%)
25.
Neosilurus coatesiNeosilurus coatesi
(1.3%)
Down Alphabetic Species List
(Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Anodontiglanis dahliAnodontiglanis dahli
(i:3, k:1, b:0)
2.
Cnidoglanis macrocephalusCnidoglanis macrocephalus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
3.
Euristhmus lepturusEuristhmus lepturus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
4.
Euristhmus microcepsEuristhmus microceps
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
5.Euristhmus microphthalmus(i:0, k:1, b:0)
6.Euristhmus nudiceps(i:0, k:1, b:0)
7.
Euristhmus sandraeEuristhmus sandrae
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
8.
Neosiluroides cooperensisNeosiluroides cooperensis
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
9.
Neosilurus aterNeosilurus ater
(i:13, k:17, b:0)
10.
Neosilurus brevidorsalisNeosilurus brevidorsalis
(i:6, k:2, b:0)
11.
Neosilurus coatesiNeosilurus coatesi
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
12.Neosilurus equinus(i:0, k:1, b:0)
13.
Neosilurus gloveriNeosilurus gloveri
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
14.
Neosilurus hyrtliiNeosilurus hyrtlii
(i:8, k:6, b:0)
15.Neosilurus idenburgi(i:0, k:1, b:0)
16.Neosilurus mollespiculum(i:0, k:1, b:0)
17.Neosilurus novaeguineae(i:0, k:1, b:0)
18.
Neosilurus pseudospinosusNeosilurus pseudospinosus
(i:2, k:1, b:0)
19.
Oloplotosus mariaeOloplotosus mariae
(i:7, k:2, b:0)
20.Paraplotosus albilabris(i:0, k:1, b:0)
21.
Paraplotosus butleriParaplotosus butleri
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
22.
Plotosus abbreviatusPlotosus abbreviatus
(i:3, k:1, b:0)
23.
Plotosus caniusPlotosus canius
(i:14, k:2, b:0)
24.
Plotosus lineatusPlotosus lineatus
(i:11, k:1, b:0)
25.
Plotosus papuensisPlotosus papuensis
(i:11, k:2, b:0)
26.
Porochilus argenteusPorochilus argenteus
(i:3, k:1, b:0)
27.
Porochilus meraukensisPorochilus meraukensis
(i:4, k:2, b:0)
28.
Porochilus obbesiPorochilus obbesi
(i:4, k:2, b:0)
29.
Porochilus rendahliPorochilus rendahli
(i:10, k:6, b:0)
30.
Tandanus bellingerensisTandanus bellingerensis
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
31.Tandanus bostocki(i:0, k:1, b:0)
32.
Tandanus tandanusTandanus tandanus
(i:12, k:16, b:0)
33.Tandanus tropicanus(i:0, k:1, b:0)